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The Hostages

Victims of War Crimes

The human toll of the Hamas invasion of Israel on Oct. 7 was unprecedented in the history of the Jewish state. With 1,400 people murdered by Hamas terrorists — the greatest loss of Jewish lives in a single day since the Holocaust — and thousands more wounded, the national trauma was intensified dramatically by the terrorist organization's seizure of over 200 hostages. Those kidnapped were mainly Israeli citizens, but also included nationals of the US, Germany, Mexico, Thailand, and other countries. At least 13 of those who were kidnapped from their homes in Israel and forcibly removed to Gaza are children, with several elderly people also among them. "I just want to approach whoever can hear me in the international community: Please bring back my baby girls," Yoni Asher — a resident of Kibbutz Nir Oz — told a UN meeting one week after the attack, expressing a desperate wish shared by the families of the other hostages. (Photo: StandWithUs)

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